Take Me To The River
Talking Heads
 
INTRO:
5th String notes (3x):
B   C#  D
B   B   C#  B  D  C#
Fourth time:
B   C#  D
B   B   C#  B
To chords:
D   A
 
E                                     D   A
I don't know why I love you like I do
E                                           D   A
All the changes you been putting me through
E                               D   A
Take my money and my cigarettes
E                                       
I haven't seen the worst of it yet
A       C		 G        Dmaj7/A     E7#9
I wanna know that you'll tell me "I love to stay"
               E
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
E
Take me to the water, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down

REPEAT INTRO

E                                    D   A
I don't know why you treat me so bad
E                                              D   A
Think of all the things that we could have had
E                                    D   A
Love is an ocean that I can't forget
E
My sweet sixteen I would never regret
A        C		 G        Dmaj7/A     E7#9
I wanna know that you'll tell me "I love to stay"
               E
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
E
Push me to the river, dip me in the water
E
Washing me down, washing me

BRIDGE
C#m      A           C#m      A 
Hug me, squeeze me - Love me, tease me
E7#9
'Til I can't, til I can't, til I can't take no more
               E 
Take me to the water, drop me in the river
E
Push me in the water, drop me in the rivr
E
Washing me down, washing me down

BREAK ON E riff to D  A (4x)
 
E                                     D  A
I don't know why I love you like I do
E                                  D   A
All the trouble you put me through
E                                D  A
Sixteen candles there on my wall
E                                          
And here am I the biggest fool of them all
A       C		G         Dmaj7/A     E7#9
I wanna know that you'll tell me "I love to stay"
               E
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
E
Dip me in the river, drop me in the water
E
Washing me down, washing me down

5th String notes (10x):
B   C#  D
B   B   C#  B  D  C#
To chords: 
D  A  E